Comprehensive analysis of 300 engineering institutions across Europe, evaluated using rigorous methodology and authoritative data sources.
| Rank 2025 | Institution | Country | RANK 2024 | RANK 2023 | FINAL SCORE | Research 60% | Innovation 25% | Teaching 10% | SDG 5% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | KU Leuven | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 100 | 90.64 | 82.91 | 40.00 | 99.78 |
| 1= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | 2 | - | 99.60 | 100 | 78.08 | 0.00 | 100 |
| 3= | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 4 | 5 | 93.98 | 86.75 | 90.84 | 0.00 | 96.17 |
| 3= | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 93.42 | 85.24 | 100 | 0.00 | 63.11 |
| 5= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | Switzerland | 8 | - | 88.16 | 91.87 | 64.52 | 0.00 | 74.37 |
| 5= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 5= | 4 | 87.56 | 81.22 | 87.48 | 0.00 | 73.17 |
| 7 | Ghent University | Belgium | 5= | 6 | 86.81 | 79.30 | 72.20 | 40.00 | 68.81 |
| 8 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 7 | 3 | 85.64 | 89.46 | 64.29 | 0.00 | 63.11 |
| 9= | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | 10= | 12= | 83.45 | 82.51 | 68.77 | 0.00 | 82.01 |
| 9= | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 12= | 9= | 83.39 | 86.82 | 64.87 | 0.00 | 54.45 |
| 9= | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany | 12= | 9= | 82.65 | 85.16 | 65.17 | 0.00 | 59.12 |
| 12= | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | - | - | 80.96 | 80.76 | 65.02 | 0.00 | 79.82 |
| 12= | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain | 15 | 31= | 79.99 | 68.13 | 60.55 | 80.00 | 53.63 |
| 14= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 10= | 12= | 79.63 | 77.66 | 67.55 | 0.00 | 80.65 |
| 14= | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg | Germany | 9 | 7= | 78.69 | 85.96 | 44.93 | 0.00 | 81.74 |
| 16= | University of the Basque Country | Spain | 16= | 18= | 78.31 | 84.61 | 53.48 | 0.00 | 52.38 |
| 16= | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | 18= | 18= | 78.12 | 70.04 | 42.96 | 100 | 44.12 |
| 16= | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany | 18= | 14= | 77.40 | 76.05 | 74.05 | 0.00 | 35.82 |
| 16= | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 16= | 17 | 77.37 | 77.59 | 62.13 | 0.00 | 71.95 |
| 20= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 18= | 9= | 77.17 | 71.69 | 80.47 | 0.00 | 48.43 |
| 20= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 47= | 41= | 76.92 | 69.46 | 46.53 | 80.00 | 56.83 |
| 22= | Bilkent University | Turkiye | - | - | 75.56 | 89.65 | 37.27 | 0.00 | 31.90 |
| 22= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 18= | 14= | 74.99 | 73.75 | 71.17 | 0.00 | 36.43 |
| 24= | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague | Czechia | 24= | 25= | 74.49 | 81.00 | 54.24 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 24= | Aalto University | Finland | 12= | 7= | 74.45 | 76.06 | 62.53 | 0.00 | 43.11 |
| 24= | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 39= | 31= | 73.78 | 64.55 | 88.32 | 0.00 | 37.04 |
| 24= | University of Minho | Portugal | 30= | 29= | 73.78 | 84.81 | 31.16 | 0.00 | 82.01 |
| 28= | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 18= | - | 73.47 | 70.38 | 67.92 | 0.00 | 62.75 |
| 28= | École polytechnique | France | 41= | 56= | 72.97 | 67.31 | 80.70 | 0.00 | 30.48 |
| 28= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Lyon | France | 24= | 25= | 72.52 | 69.73 | 39.62 | 60.00 | 59.87 |
| 28= | Graz University of Technology | Austria | 24= | 31= | 72.49 | 71.32 | 67.31 | 0.00 | 41.54 |
| 32= | Northumbria University | United Kingdom | - | - | 70.70 | 87.00 | 28.82 | 0.00 | 24.89 |
| 32= | University of Surrey | United Kingdom | - | - | 70.64 | 79.23 | 43.17 | 0.00 | 39.91 |
| 32= | University of Bremen | Germany | 30= | 49= | 70.47 | 76.60 | 53.51 | 0.00 | 18.81 |
| 32= | University of Aveiro | Portugal | 33= | 21= | 70.33 | 71.52 | 56.78 | 0.00 | 54.04 |
| 32= | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy | 24= | 21= | 70.21 | 69.62 | 52.71 | 0.00 | 89.49 |
| 32= | University of Porto | Portugal | 33= | - | 69.86 | 73.54 | 42.70 | 0.00 | 88.50 |
| 38= | École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier | France | 33= | 29= | 69.50 | 82.39 | 34.19 | 0.00 | 30.48 |
| 38= | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain | 33= | 38= | 69.38 | 72.43 | 51.59 | 0.00 | 53.63 |
| 38= | University of Lisbon | Portugal | 33= | - | 68.88 | 70.68 | 49.73 | 0.00 | 72.26 |
| 41= | Vienna University of Technology | Austria | 39= | 38= | 68.31 | 65.63 | 67.17 | 0.00 | 38.79 |
| 41= | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid | Spain | 41= | 49= | 67.82 | 63.82 | 52.31 | 40.00 | 35.20 |
| 41= | University of Stuttgart | Germany | 41= | 34= | 67.64 | 65.36 | 66.08 | 0.00 | 36.43 |
| 41= | Istanbul Technical University | Turkiye | - | - | 67.34 | 71.22 | 50.48 | 0.00 | 41.01 |
| 45= | Middle East Technical University | Turkiye | - | - | 67.05 | 72.42 | 46.13 | 0.00 | 43.62 |
| 45= | Johannes Kepler University Linz | Austria | 23 | 21= | 66.68 | 60.78 | 76.13 | 0.00 | 24.89 |
| 47= | University of Bayreuth | Germany | 47= | 34= | 65.96 | 80.48 | 27.31 | 0.00 | 28.22 |
| 47= | University of Bath | United Kingdom | - | - | 65.96 | 72.09 | 42.93 | 0.00 | 45.12 |
| 47= | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy | 41= | 25= | 65.82 | 66.70 | 49.77 | 0.00 | 67.84 |
| 47= | Université de Lorraine | France | 47= | 41= | 65.77 | 70.05 | 35.59 | 20.00 | 55.25 |
| 47= | Technical University of Madrid | Spain | 24= | 41= | 65.46 | 53.93 | 46.38 | 80.00 | 47.50 |
| 47= | Aalborg University | Denmark | 52= | 45= | 65.26 | 60.07 | 63.19 | 0.00 | 68.16 |
| 53= | Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | France | - | - | 64.92 | 76.19 | 33.62 | 0.00 | 28.99 |
| 53= | VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava | Czechia | 72= | 80= | 64.58 | 81.84 | 19.93 | 0.00 | 26.61 |
| 53= | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 33= | 25= | 64.27 | 63.75 | 56.15 | 0.00 | 47.04 |
| 53= | Chemnitz University of Technology | Germany | 61= | 70= | 64.16 | 67.27 | 54.07 | 0.00 | 18.81 |
| 57= | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | 51 | 47= | 63.88 | 68.16 | 50.56 | 0.00 | 21.04 |
| 57= | Loughborough University | United Kingdom | - | - | 63.69 | 71.32 | 39.82 | 0.00 | 33.26 |
| 57= | CentraleSupélec | France | 47= | 45= | 63.09 | 67.35 | 45.13 | 0.00 | 41.54 |
| 57= | Institut polytechnique de Grenoble | France | 41= | 34= | 63.03 | 67.11 | 38.57 | 20.00 | 31.90 |
| 57= | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom | - | - | 63.00 | 66.93 | 43.53 | 0.00 | 51.53 |
| 62= | Université catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 30= | 34= | 62.04 | 62.99 | 50.38 | 0.00 | 47.50 |
| 62= | Arts et Métiers ParisTech | France | 67= | 56= | 61.35 | 66.80 | 43.27 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 62= | University of Siegen | Germany | - | - | 61.07 | 70.53 | 35.04 | 0.00 | 23.98 |
| 65= | Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes | France | 54= | 49= | 60.95 | 75.83 | 21.19 | 0.00 | 28.99 |
| 65= | Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | France | 41= | - | 60.79 | 70.59 | 33.15 | 0.00 | 27.43 |
| 65= | Bordeaux INP | France | 52= | 38= | 60.76 | 68.48 | 35.37 | 0.00 | 38.79 |
| 68= | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg | - | - | 59.74 | 58.67 | 59.79 | 0.00 | 16.29 |
| 68= | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom | - | - | 59.70 | 65.02 | 41.71 | 0.00 | 30.48 |
| 68= | University of Patras | Greece | 61= | 49= | 59.54 | 73.48 | 18.95 | 0.00 | 42.07 |
| 68= | Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg | Germany | 61= | 49= | 58.83 | 58.28 | 49.63 | 0.00 | 51.53 |
| 72 | Institut national polytechnique de Toulouse | France | - | - | 58.68 | 62.31 | 43.54 | 0.00 | 35.20 |
| 73= | Technical University of Braunschweig | Germany | 76= | 73= | 57.63 | 62.44 | 39.05 | 0.00 | 38.21 |
| 73= | Gdańsk University of Technology | Poland | 54= | 47= | 57.56 | 66.53 | 31.59 | 0.00 | 28.22 |
| 73= | Hamburg University of Technology | Germany | 59= | 49= | 57.14 | 58.09 | 49.40 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 73= | Warsaw University of Technology | Poland | 59= | 63 | 57.14 | 65.92 | 26.51 | 0.00 | 50.66 |
| 73= | Slovak University of Technology | Slovakia | - | - | 57.08 | 58.24 | 51.62 | 0.00 | 17.60 |
| 73= | University of Maribor | Slovenia | 82= | 80= | 56.98 | 62.30 | 39.83 | 0.00 | 26.61 |
| 73= | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | 70= | 64= | 56.91 | 69.23 | 19.13 | 0.00 | 46.09 |
| 73= | Aston University | United Kingdom | - | - | 56.85 | 56.37 | 50.11 | 0.00 | 39.91 |
| 73= | Wrocław University of Science and Technology | Poland | 67= | 67= | 56.85 | 63.63 | 34.93 | 0.00 | 32.59 |
| 73= | TU Dortmund University | Germany | 61= | 49= | 56.72 | 61.52 | 41.37 | 0.00 | 23.98 |
| 73= | University of Salento | Italy | 54= | 56= | 56.63 | 67.57 | 24.78 | 0.00 | 33.92 |
| 84= | Université Gustave Eiffel | France | 72= | 70= | 56.41 | 58.21 | 19.71 | 60.00 | 28.22 |
| 84= | Ilmenau University of Technology | Germany | 54= | 60= | 56.33 | 59.54 | 45.81 | 0.00 | 18.81 |
| 84= | University of Cyprus | Cyprus | 54= | - | 56.19 | 58.87 | 41.61 | 0.00 | 42.07 |
| 84= | École centrale de Lyon | France | 76= | 73= | 55.56 | 62.81 | 33.38 | 0.00 | 28.99 |
| 84= | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies | Italy | 67= | 56= | 55.42 | 59.65 | 34.53 | 0.00 | 54.04 |
| 89= | University of Belgrade | Serbia | - | - | 54.97 | 54.93 | 43.57 | 0.00 | 55.65 |
| 89= | Université de technologie de Belfort Montbéliard | France | - | - | 54.54 | 70.22 | 11.98 | 0.00 | 32.59 |
| 89= | Université d'Orléans | France | 70= | - | 54.19 | 63.68 | 26.95 | 0.00 | 28.22 |
| 92= | University of Novi Sad | Serbia | - | - | 53.61 | 50.99 | 54.39 | 0.00 | 28.22 |
| 92= | Sabanci University | Turkiye | - | - | 53.56 | 73.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.21 |
| 92= | Kocaeli University | Turkiye | - | - | 52.70 | 56.66 | 37.73 | 0.00 | 30.48 |
| 95= | Institut national des sciences appliquées Strasbourg | France | 72= | - | 52.48 | 55.08 | 42.13 | 0.00 | 23.98 |
| 95= | Marche Polytechnic University | Italy | - | - | 52.45 | 61.62 | 22.20 | 0.00 | 44.62 |
| 95= | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 61= | 73= | 52.03 | 53.96 | 39.83 | 0.00 | 38.79 |
| 95= | University of Beira Interior | Portugal | - | - | 51.87 | 58.12 | 30.50 | 0.00 | 35.20 |
| 99= | University of Salerno | Italy | 61= | 60= | 50.92 | 59.45 | 25.49 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 99= | Tallinn University of Technology | Estonia | 79= | - | 50.81 | 58.78 | 27.36 | 0.00 | 26.61 |
| 99= | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | 79= | 73= | 50.60 | 53.59 | 34.27 | 0.00 | 46.09 |
| 99= | University of Calabria | Italy | 85= | 67= | 50.58 | 61.27 | 18.77 | 0.00 | 35.82 |
| 99= | Budapest University of Technology and Economics | Hungary | 76= | 64= | 50.57 | 54.99 | 35.75 | 0.00 | 24.89 |
| 99= | Gazi University | Turkiye | - | - | 50.09 | 52.13 | 37.36 | 0.00 | 39.91 |
| 99= | École centrale de Lille | France | - | - | 49.99 | 61.49 | 19.20 | 0.00 | 23.04 |
| 106= | University of the West of England | United Kingdom | - | - | 49.23 | 55.33 | 28.91 | 0.00 | 31.90 |
| 106= | Université de Bretagne Sud | France | 72= | 60= | 49.17 | 54.95 | 32.56 | 0.00 | 18.81 |
| 106= | École des mines de Saint-Étienne | France | 79= | 67= | 49.16 | 50.18 | 42.39 | 0.00 | 23.98 |
| 109= | University Politehnica of Bucharest | Romania | 85= | 78= | 48.10 | 55.49 | 21.32 | 0.00 | 47.04 |
| 109= | Coventry University | United Kingdom | - | - | 47.70 | 54.75 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 32.59 |
| 109= | Riga Technical University | Latvia | 91= | - | 47.43 | 57.90 | 19.43 | 0.00 | 21.04 |
| 112= | University of Bradford | United Kingdom | - | - | 46.96 | 56.01 | 20.24 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 112= | Polytechnic University of Bari | Italy | 82= | - | 46.70 | 54.74 | 22.50 | 0.00 | 28.99 |
| 112= | Firat University | Turkiye | - | - | 46.34 | 62.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.07 |
| 112= | University of Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | 46.33 | 42.36 | 44.98 | 0.00 | 50.66 |
| 116= | Lodz University of Technology | Poland | 93 | 83= | 45.81 | 55.23 | 18.91 | 0.00 | 26.61 |
| 116= | University of L'Aquila | Italy | - | - | 45.60 | 52.16 | 26.16 | 0.00 | 23.04 |
| 116= | Université de Limoges | France | 85= | 80= | 45.50 | 41.69 | 48.53 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 116= | Technical University of Liberec | Czechia | - | - | 45.43 | 56.15 | 15.32 | 0.00 | 27.43 |
| 116= | Brunel University London | United Kingdom | - | - | 45.42 | 53.91 | 21.26 | 0.00 | 23.98 |
| 116= | Université de technologie de Compiègne | France | 85= | 78= | 45.32 | 57.12 | 11.84 | 0.00 | 31.20 |
| 116= | Karabuk University | Turkiye | - | - | 45.07 | 54.97 | 20.97 | 0.00 | 9.41 |
| 123= | Yildiz Technical University | Turkiye | - | - | 44.29 | 52.76 | 13.90 | 0.00 | 51.53 |
| 123= | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | 91= | 77 | 43.54 | 54.64 | 13.73 | 0.00 | 22.06 |
| 125= | Kaunas University of Technology | Lithuania | 85= | 83= | 43.17 | 54.02 | 14.19 | 0.00 | 21.04 |
| 125= | Bogazici University | Turkiye | - | - | 42.86 | 58.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.92 |
| 125= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czechia | 82= | 70= | 42.68 | 49.65 | 18.77 | 0.00 | 38.21 |
| 128= | University of Latvia | Latvia | 85= | - | 41.74 | 44.48 | 29.51 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 128= | University of Kragujevac | Serbia | - | - | 40.75 | 43.66 | 25.68 | 0.00 | 40.46 |
| 130 | Furtwangen University | Germany | 94 | 85 | 40.62 | 43.20 | 28.74 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 131= | University of West Attica | Greece | 98 | - | 35.69 | 48.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.75 |
| 131= | Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra | Portugal | - | - | 35.26 | 33.44 | 34.19 | 0.00 | 26.61 |
| 133= | Gh. Asachi Technical University | Romania | 95= | 88 | 34.29 | 45.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 36.43 |
| 133= | Polytechnic Institute of Porto | Portugal | 95= | 86= | 34.08 | 45.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.20 |
| 135 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | Romania | 95= | 86= | 32.58 | 43.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.59 |
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